syph

syph

English

Etymology

Clipping of syphilis.

Noun

syph (uncountable)

1. (slang) Syphilis.
   • 1980, James Herbert, The Dark, Pan Books (1994), →ISBN, page 229:

     But since Brother Martin, alias Marty Randall, had caught the syph three times in two years, his attitude had changed.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:syph.

Anagrams

• HYPS, hyps, hyps-